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title: Determine the principal reason for which towels, combs and hats are… — Washing your body and caring for your… · tree and pragmatics
description: Determine the principal reason for which towels, combs and hats are not shared between persons. Exam question 4 of lesson 76 «Washing your body and caring for your hair» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Exam question 4 · Washing your body and caring for your hair

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Determine the principal reason for which towels, combs and hats are not shared between persons.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** determine, not share · **To what, where:** principal reason, towels

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 76 «Washing your body and caring for your hair» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:76-washing-your-body-and-hair:e4:1
# text = Determine the principal reason for which towels, combs and hats are not shared between persons.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
7	towels	towel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	combs	comb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	hats	hat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
15	between	between	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **share** | present · passive |  | towels and combs and hats |  |  |  | for the principal reason; between persons | tree rules |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Combs and hats wear out more swiftly when shared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:76-washing-your-body-and-hair:e4:o1:1
# text = Combs and hats wear out more swiftly when shared
1	Combs	comb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	hats	hat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	wear	wear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
7	swiftly	swiftly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
9	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear out** | present | Combs and hats |  |  |  |  | swiftly *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **share** | participle | Combs and hats *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Shared towels become wet too quickly to use

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:76-washing-your-body-and-hair:e4:o2:1
# text = Shared towels become wet too quickly to use
1	Shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	towels	towel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **become** | present | Shared towels |  |  |  |  | wet *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **use** | to-infinitive | Shared towels *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sharing such items is forbidden by school rules alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:76-washing-your-body-and-hair:e4:o3:1
# text = Sharing such items is forbidden by school rules alone
1	Sharing	share	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	csubj:pass	_	_
2	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	items	item	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	forbidden	forbid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | gerund |  | such items |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **forbid** | present · passive | Sharing |  |  |  |  | by school rules; alone *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING» |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Germs, skin infections and head lice spread through them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:76-washing-your-body-and-hair:e4:o4:1
# text = Germs, skin infections and head lice spread through them
1	Germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	infections	infection	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	lice	louse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
8	spread	spread	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	through	through	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | present | Germs and skin infections and head lice |  |  |  |  | through lice *= louse* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through they=Location |

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